From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,c32fe290813aec20 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!feed.xsnews.nl!border-1.ams.xsnews.nl!news.netcologne.de!newsfeed-fusi2.netcologne.de!newsfeed01.chello.at!newsfeed02.chello.at!news.hispeed.ch.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-Id: <1337825.3mG4aYGaPq@linux1.krischik.com> From: Martin Krischik Subject: Re: New Ada portable GUI Library? Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:35:16 +0100 References: <6d63c543-0a35-4c39-a330-98c63a24f64d@i3g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> <1365533.nRhg4MZKNK@linux1.krischik.com> <4e5ffa74-e1d6-4e80-9dd9-824df475a60c@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <970df333-8c12-4f5d-b32b-ded6a84a0195@v4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> <187iruircnfuu$.oc2g47zys18k.dlg@40tude.net> <29b4fb7f-afb5-4428-9a73-2bac655b3a27@k39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> <14ilupzt2jywp$.up5hy9th8dnt$.dlg@40tude.net> <9286eff5-2a7d-4a65-b4a1-8654c3672837@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com> User-Agent: KNode/0.10.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@hispeed.ch Organization: hispeed.ch NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.75.167.168 (84.75.167.168) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:00:04 +0100 X-Trace: 131b347b1ecb4f1ee020d08896 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19762 Date: 2008-02-12T19:35:16+01:00 List-Id: Martin wrote: >> The only goal of a *true* Ada GUI library, IMO, could be a library which >> would have a chance to become a part of the Ada Standard Library. So Gtk >> is just non-starter here. We cannot depend on third-party libraries. > > I would have thought there is zip-all chance of an Ada GUI > implementation library becoming part of the standard - I just can't > imagine how that would be worded in the standard! Indeed :-( - and sadly - after all AWT did give Java the edge. Yes, Swing and SWT replaced it - but AWT was the door opener. > A slightly better chance might be to define an interface to a GUI > library. The AWT too was/is a binding to the native GUI library. Which reminds me: What GUI library was/is used for AWT on Unix? Martin -- mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net Ada programming at: http://ada.krischik.com